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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED L. STEVENS, OF DAY"ON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF PART INTEREST TO JNO. M. PHELPS AND CHRISTOPHER \V. UTHBROK, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,281, dated December 19, 1893.

Application filed October 31, 1892. $erial No. 450,595. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it k nown that I, ALFRED L. STEVENS of Dayton, county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Labeling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and usefulim-' provements in the means for pasting labels on bottles, cans, and any object havinga cy- Io lindrical form,but is more especially adapted for the application of the former.

The objects of myinvention are several, and relate principally to a construction and arrangement of parts, that jointly combined,

1' 5 furnish means for applying labels to the aforesaid articles, from a continuous roll, which is unwound, and passed over a pasting appliance, simultaneously.

In the accomplishment of the objects, my improvements have reference to points that will be hereinafter mentioned in detail and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a section of the machine taken on the line X-X of Fig. 3. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 3,a plan view with part of the cover and knife blades removed; Fig. 4, a detached sectional view of the adjustablegearwheels, showing the means of securing them at any desirable point; Fig. 5 a front elevation with some of the parts removed; a portion of the casing is broken away to exhibit the internal arrangement of the paste brush and label roll. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the holding for the neck of the bottle, taken on the line YY of Fig. 3; the neck of the bottle appearing therein.

Coming now to the minute description, reference is made to the various parts by letters and figures, and like letters and figures of reference represent the like parts throughout journaled in the casing, and adapted to r0- t-ate in a manner to bring the brush in contact with paste contained in the receptacle B, which may be made in the form of a drawer to he slid in and out of the casing, or the casing may be adapted to fit over it; or again, the paste receptacle maybe constructed as an integral part of the casing.

3 and 4 area pair of anti-friction rollers journaled in a manner likewise to the spindle, of the label roll 1 and the shaft of the brush 2. The lowerroller at is preferably constructed with a porous surface,'and is placed in a position to bring it in contact with the paste in the paste receptacle to a depth a little below the axis thereof. The object of this is not to afford a pasting sur face for the label, in addition to the brush, but the idea is to present the said roller 4," in a moistened condition, so as to preventthe 7o removal of any of the paste previously applied by the brush to the label, as the latter passes through the feeders, as would be the case were roller 4 free from the necessary moisture.

D "represents a bottle placed in a transverse position and resting in a trough or channel in the forward extension of the easing.

Coming now to the description of the driv- 8o ing or propelling mechanism of the apparatus, on the outer end of the shaft supporting the brush, a driving or main gear wheel f C, is secured, the teeth of which mesh into those of a smaller gear 0' attached in a like manner on the shaft of the roller 4, and on an extension of this shaft, is placed,

a gear wheel 0 which is of the same size as 0'. The teeth of 0 mesh into those of a smaller gear or idler G and in turn the teeth of this idler mesh into those of a larger gear Wheel G aand a are shafts extending horizontally from the casing, to the outer ends of which is fixed a transverse bar ct" provided with a 9 5 central circular opening in which a hollow bearing, having a flange a is placed; this bearing projects beyond the surface of the bar a a sufficient distance to afiord the gear wheel 0 a substantial bearing, to which it is I00 I fixed in any suitable manner. This bearing in addition to the foregoing object, is also adapted to receive the head of the bottle; by this means the bottle is turned sufficiently for the label to be pressed thereon by the roller E. It will be understood that this turn of the bottle is effected by the wheel 0 meshing with C in the bearing of which the bottle neck is placed. The hollow interior of the bearing can be made to fit the necks of any of the ordinary sizes of bottles, by applying an elastic cushion a therein, so as to give the bottle a snug fit in the said aper' ture and thereby adapt it to be turned by gear 0 It will be understood that the various shafts supporting the train of gearing, as set forth in Fig. 3, are to suit the requirements, and while it is shown that wheels 0, and G are supported on a shaft journaled in both sides of the casing, and the shaft supporting the idler C is journaled in but one side thereof, yet- I donot mean to say that the bearings are confined as therein shown.

By means of a set screw (2') as shown in Fig. 4, the gear wheels C C and C", may be adjusted at any requireddistance from the casing, to accommodate wheel O to bottles of different lengths. A roller E, having an elastic surface is pivoted to the center of the casing by means of arms(e) extending downwardly, to support the shaft of said roller; the object of this roller is to press the label evenly on the bottle, as the latter is turned on its axis.

We come now to the means of detaching or cutting off the label from the strip, after it has been put on the bottle. This is done by means of apair of knife blades (f) and (f) pivoted to one side of the casing at the front; the normal position of these blades, is open to admit of the label passing through; in this position they are maintained by means of a spiral springf as shown in Fig. 5; the blade (f) is pressed outwardly into its proper po sition by the use of a spring f secured to the side of the casing. At the end of the knife, opposite the pivotal point, an arm (n) is attached to the blade (f) and extends downwardly, terminating at right angles; against this arm, a pin (01'), attached to the shaft of wheels 0 is brought to bear, in its downward course, and thereby closes the knife blades until the said pin releases the arm in the continued rotation. I do not wish to confine myself to a pin in the accomplishment of this object as it may be seen that an involute cam may be employed for the same purpose, or I may dispense with both and use the hand to close the blades.

To complete the description of my invention, I will now refer to the manner of its operation. The continuous strip of labelson roll (1) is unwound therefrom and carried outwardly over the brush 2, and through the rollers 3 and 4, thence to the bottle as shown at 0. The main gear C, is rotated by the handle it, and the gearing set in motion, the labels withdrawn from the roll, passed over the paste brush, fed through the rollers 3 and 4 out on to the bottle and out after being attached thereto, by the knife as before stated.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a labeling machine, the combination with the casing having a paste receptacle therein; of the feed rollers 3 and 4, the latter having a porous surface and adapted to rotate partially in the paste receptacle, a label roller from which labels are unwound by said feed rollers, a pressure roller to secure the label, a pair of knife bladesfand f, the former of which is provided with an arm, a pin attached to the shaft of feed roller 3 adapted to actuate said arm when the roller is rotated and thereby close the blades to severa label from the continuous roll, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a labeling machine, the combination with the casing having the forward extension or bottle support, and a paste receptacle; of the laterally projecting shafts a and co, and the bar a" with a central opening fixed thereto, a hollow bearing with a flange a placed revolubly in said opening, the gear wheel 0 having its bearing on said hollow bearin g, the idler C adapted to gear with wheel 0 and the feed rollers 3 and 4:, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a label-pasting machine, the combination with the casing having the extension A; of a paste receptacle, a rotating paste-applying brush journaled in said casing adjacent to the paste receptacle, feeding rollers adapted to withdraw labels from a continuous roll over said brush, and means for regulating the unwinding of said labels to conform to the capacity of the feeding rollers, the shafts a and a, the bar ct, the gear wheel 0 having a hollow bearing in said bar a, and the intermediate gear or idler G", substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of October, 1892.

ALFRED L. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

ALBERT EMANUEL, OLIVE J EFFERIES. 

